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executive branch in charge of making sure that the laws are obeyed
judicial branch How to apply a law and how to know if the law is broken
legislative branch the part of the U.S government that makes laws
supreme courts the highest court in the land
fugitive slave clause provided for the capture and return of escape enslaved persons to their owners
electoral college a system established by the constitution that uses a group of special form each state to choose a official presidents and vice president
Roger Sherman legislature to resolve conflicts between large and small states
commerce clause it used to justify federal laws on a wide range of economic activities
great compromise resolved a dispute between large and small states by creating a bicameral legislature
common market trade for agreement between countries allow free movement of goods services, labor and capital among member nations
Three-fifths compromise a deal during a big meeting in 1787
checks and balances A system government were each of the three branches have the power to limited the powers of others.
separation of powers the principal of dividing a government into three separate branches- legislative executive and judicial each with distinct duties and responsibility's
slave importation a compromise in the U.S constitution of banning the international slave trade until 1608
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